Submissions by Keilani
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction
All that is transitory is but a metaphor. (Goethe)
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Jan 2023 8:09pm
21st Jan 2023 8:09pm
Flutter
The ripple of gentle wings
softly enfolding the little bird
comforted as darkness enclosed
Her feathers as jewels
dipped in shimmering light
reflecting the storm
this passing night
Just a flutter accompanying
her fading song
rolling through twilight
across the world
Vibrating the heartstrings
of a sensitive child
softly enfolding the little bird
comforted as darkness enclosed
Her feathers as jewels
dipped in shimmering light
reflecting the storm
this passing night
Just a flutter accompanying
her fading song
rolling through twilight
across the world
Vibrating the heartstrings
of a sensitive child
#universe
68 reads
8 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
20th Jan 2023 11:57pm
20th Jan 2023 11:57pm
The Way of The Sage
Poet’s laurel crowns every sage
unwinding the serpentine skein of thread
that weaves the many colored cloak
of metaphor’s fine and mystical web
Lacing dunes of ribboned sand
into the fleeting thoughts of man
Waves of ocean that ebb and flow
our sorrows and joys that come and go
And sunny beams to radiantly pour
outward from the human heart
revealing One omnipotent light
unwinding the serpentine skein of thread
that weaves the many colored cloak
of metaphor’s fine and mystical web
Lacing dunes of ribboned sand
into the fleeting thoughts of man
Waves of ocean that ebb and flow
our sorrows and joys that come and go
And sunny beams to radiantly pour
outward from the human heart
revealing One omnipotent light
#universe
64 reads
1 Comment
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Jan 2023 6:14pm
17th Jan 2023 6:14pm
Completion
The gravity
of thousands years
Archives
past and present
The sagacity
of a river’s tears
In your eyes
awakened
Translates
tides of atmospheres
Swelling
in pellucid oceans
The mastery
of humankind
Pressing wine
from vintage
Filling the cup
of a thirsting pilgrim
Completing
Divinity’s circumference
of thousands years
Archives
past and present
The sagacity
of a river’s tears
In your eyes
awakened
Translates
tides of atmospheres
Swelling
in pellucid oceans
The mastery
of humankind
Pressing wine
from vintage
Filling the cup
of a thirsting pilgrim
Completing
Divinity’s circumference
#love
67 reads
3 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Jan 2023 1:09pm
15th Jan 2023 1:09pm
Where Beggars Dwell
The artistry of moon and stars
keeps me breathless of your love
In your temples ‘midst fire and blood
angels tend forsaken ones
dressing them in rays of sun
And as I wove my way between
one stretched his hands with desperate plea
How can I walk your holy ground
praise you and keep closed my own
overflowing is my cup
your light upon my face has shown
If I have a dearth of love
It’s I who as a beggar dwells
keeps me breathless of your love
In your temples ‘midst fire and blood
angels tend forsaken ones
dressing them in rays of sun
And as I wove my way between
one stretched his hands with desperate plea
How can I walk your holy ground
praise you and keep closed my own
overflowing is my cup
your light upon my face has shown
If I have a dearth of love
It’s I who as a beggar dwells
#kindness
63 reads
2 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
15th Jan 2023 1:02pm
15th Jan 2023 1:02pm
Our Destiny
Forgiveness
is the flowering
of love
The fragrant blossom
of a bud
The towering mortal
becoming God
is the flowering
of love
The fragrant blossom
of a bud
The towering mortal
becoming God
#forgiveness
30 reads
0 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
31st Dec 2022 10:10am
31st Dec 2022 10:10am
The Bow We Bend
I am an archer
with a bow of gold
aiming for a bright
tomorrow
My mind the quiver
holds my thoughts
each a sunlit arrow
releasing light
into the world
An arch to span
the steepest chasms
A bow to bend
across all nations
with a bow of gold
aiming for a bright
tomorrow
My mind the quiver
holds my thoughts
each a sunlit arrow
releasing light
into the world
An arch to span
the steepest chasms
A bow to bend
across all nations
#friendship
#humankind
66 reads
2 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
23rd Dec 2022 4:20pm
23rd Dec 2022 4:20pm
Benediction
Dear DU,
Kind friends, I wish you joy and the lightness of mirth. A glowing warmth within your heart and love that lifteth your burdens. An ear attuned to sweet birdsong and steadfast belief in your dreams.
🥂
“The Lord bless thee and keep thee
The Lord make His face shine upon thee
and be gracious unto thee
The Lord lift His countenance upon thee
and give thee peace”
——- Blessing of Aaron
Kind friends, I wish you joy and the lightness of mirth. A glowing warmth within your heart and love that lifteth your burdens. An ear attuned to sweet birdsong and steadfast belief in your dreams.
🥂
“The Lord bless thee and keep thee
The Lord make His face shine upon thee
and be gracious unto thee
The Lord lift His countenance upon thee
and give thee peace”
——- Blessing of Aaron
#happiness
#motivational
90 reads
8 Comments
MISCELLANEOUS POEM
Published
21st Dec 2022 10:21pm
21st Dec 2022 10:21pm
Fluid
all’s recycled
in the press of Time
the rolling desert of yesterday
rises now in the lean gazelle
the mountain’s jagged rock is found
smoothened in a mollusk’s shell
and the stardust of light years
slivered and bowed
from the quiver of Apollo
piercing through folds
glistens afresh in lambent pools
moistening the crescent jewels
of your eyes
in the press of Time
the rolling desert of yesterday
rises now in the lean gazelle
the mountain’s jagged rock is found
smoothened in a mollusk’s shell
and the stardust of light years
slivered and bowed
from the quiver of Apollo
piercing through folds
glistens afresh in lambent pools
moistening the crescent jewels
of your eyes
#universe
64 reads
2 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
19th Dec 2022 8:29pm
19th Dec 2022 8:29pm
Fusion
Poetry
most sublime
prunes the gap
‘tween
thought and sound
that when
the poet
writes “willow”
in her poem
a
graceful willow
you become
most sublime
prunes the gap
‘tween
thought and sound
that when
the poet
writes “willow”
in her poem
a
graceful willow
you become
#PowerOfWords
60 reads
6 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
10th Dec 2022 2:27pm
10th Dec 2022 2:27pm
Fallow Fields
#love
#motivational
#universe
147 reads
6 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
27th Nov 2022 12:55pm
27th Nov 2022 12:55pm
As You Journey
from yesterdays
tomorrows come
and hidden seeds
sprout forth their bloom
for steadfast are they
in the rain
they learn the sun
upon their face
tomorrows come
and hidden seeds
sprout forth their bloom
for steadfast are they
in the rain
they learn the sun
upon their face
#philosophical
102 reads
10 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Nov 2022 10:16pm
17th Nov 2022 10:16pm
——
Your heart
at perigee
pulls my boat
to open sea
compass meridians
abandon me
and every rope
falls free
weightless
past peripheries
of canvas twilights
and frescoed galaxies
my heart at apogee
in solitude
moves perfectly
along ellipses
to your island
returning me
slipped
at your shore
I cast anchor
by your gravity
drawn
as you skim
astral waters
reaching me
...
at perigee
pulls my boat
to open sea
compass meridians
abandon me
and every rope
falls free
weightless
past peripheries
of canvas twilights
and frescoed galaxies
my heart at apogee
in solitude
moves perfectly
along ellipses
to your island
returning me
slipped
at your shore
I cast anchor
by your gravity
drawn
as you skim
astral waters
reaching me
...
#love
156 reads
11 Comments
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